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Sofia Kenin (R) of the US poses with the Daphne Akhurst Memorial Cup along with runner-up Spain's Garbine Muguruza after their women's singles final match on day thirteen of the Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne on February 1, 2020. (Photo by Saeed KHAN / AFP) / IMAGE RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - STRICTLY NO COMMERCIAL USE

Kenin stuns Muguruza to win Australian Open

MELBOURNE: Sofia Kenin (R) of the US poses with the Daphne Akhurst Memorial Cup along with runner-up Spain's Garbine Muguruza after their women's singles final match on day thirteen of the Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne yesterday. - AFP MELBOURNE: America's Sofia Kenin stunned two-time Major champion Garbine Muguruza to win the Australian Open yesterday, completing a surprise run where she has come from nowhere to win her first...

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China isolation grows as virus toll hits 259

HONG KONG: A woman wears a plastic water bottle with a cutout to cover her face on Friday as a preventative measure following a virus outbreak which began in the Chinese city of Wuhan. - AFP BEIJING: China faced deepening isolation over its coronavirus epidemic yesterday as the death toll soared to 259, with the United States and Australia leading a growing list of nations to impose extraordinary Chinese travel bans. With Britain, Russia and...

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Nuclear Medicine Unit at Adan Hospital, progressive success in patients' service

KUWAIT: Nuclear and Molecular (NM) Imaging and related science are a key component of Kuwait's portfolio since the 1970s, providing fundamental insights into the nation's health, well-being and therefore economic vitality. As such, our vision is to raise the par of NM and molecular imaging services in Kuwait to match the international standards, and for them to be a nationally recognized center of excellence with the aim to improve Kuwaiti...

Schools take precautionary measures against any potential virus spread

By A Saleh and Hanan Al-SaadounKUWAIT: In a precautionary measure to prevent to the spread of any viruses at schools with the beginning of the second academic term today, the Ministry of Education (MoE) urged all school administrations to activate the role of the school clinic in tracking any fever case and coordinate with the school health and Ministry of Health (MoH) preventive health departments, in addition to immediately notifying the...

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Kuwaiti doctors perform uterine resection on male

KUWAIT: A medical team at Sabah Al-Ahmad Urology Center, headed by the center's Director Dr Fawzi Abul and urology surgeons Shubair Al-Musawi and Ali Al-Rasheed, conducted a successful surgery - a uterine resection on a male - which is a rare operation worldwide, during which sperm is collected from the patient. Rasheed said the operation on the Kuwaiti youth was conducted using an abdomen laparoscope, which is a rare procedure.Rasheed said the...

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Kuwait humanitarian arm reaches Rohingya in squalor

Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh. KUWAIT: Kuwaiti institutions and bodies concerned with humanitarian work continued their activities by supporting those in need during the past week especially in Iraq, aiding war-stricken people and Bangladesh where Rohingya refugees live in squalid conditions. Kuwait distributed 120 tons of food supplies to poor and needy families, besides supplying some schools in Al-Mosul, northern Iraq, with equipment...

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Kuwait cautions against travel to China

KUWAIT: Kuwait's Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Friday warned its nationals against travelling to China due to the outbreak of the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) there. "Given the spread of the 2019-nCoV and out of care for the safety of Kuwaiti citizens, we advise them to cancel their plans for travel to China and urge the Kuwaitis who are still there to come back as early as possible," the Ministry said a statement this evening. It also...

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Customs boost efforts to prevent radioactive, nuclear material smuggling

By Hanan Al-SaadounKUWAIT: The customs department began radiation monitoring at the Salmi land border outlet in order to protect the country from illegal trade in radioactive and nuclear material. This will enable customs to foil smuggling of such substances in cooperation with specialized authorities. Director General of the Customs Department Jamal Al-Jalawi thanked International Atomic Energy Agency expert Dr Thamer Al-Qoraan for following...

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Motorist dead in Sixth Ring Road crash

By Hanan Al-SaadounKUWAIT: A motorist died in an accident reported on Sixth Ring Road over the weekend. Sulaibkhat fire station men rushed to the scene in response to an emergency call reporting an accident between a sports utility vehicle (SUV) and a pickup truck. A bedoon (stateless) man was pronounced dead on the scene, and his body was transferred to the coroner after firemen freed it from the wreck. A case was filed to investigate the...

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India relaxes fiscal deficit, cuts taxes to spur growth

NEW DELHI: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman (right) poses for photographs along with President Ram Nath Kovind (center) at Rashtrapati Bhavan - the Presidential Palace, before presenting at the Parliament the 2020 union budget, in New Delhi yesterday.-AFP MUMBAI: India relaxed its fiscal deficit target yesterday, raising spending and slashing taxes as it seeks to attract foreign investment and increase consumption in the wake of a prolonged...

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High-frequency algorithms blamed for 'flash crashes'

BANGKOK: Specially designed labels on an empty stand for facemasks read 'China Fight' and 'Wuhan Fight' in a store in Bangkok yesterday. The World Health Organization declared a global emergency over the new coronavirus, as China reported the death toll had climbed to 259 with nearly 10,000 infections. - AFP LONDON: Widely blamed for volatile "flash crashes" in currencies and equities, high-frequency algorithms may also be why shock global...

Crew members and officials wearing protective facemasks carry their belongings at Indira Gandhi International Airport following the evacuation of Indian nationals evacuation from the Chinese city of Wuhan, in New Delhi on February 1, 2020. - A virus similar to the SARS pathogen has killed 259 people in China and spread around the world since emerging in a market in the central Chinese city of Wuhan. (Photo by Money SHARMA / AFP)

Expats in China flee as virus fears mount

NEW DELHI: Crew members and officials wearing protective facemasks carry their belongings at Indira Gandhi International Airport following the evacuation of Indian nationals evacuation from the Chinese city of Wuhan yesterday. - AFP SHANGHAI: Expatriates are leaving coronavirus-hit China - and not just from the outbreak epicenter in Wuhan - as worries about their children take hold and private health care facilities start turning away the...

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